I saw the most memorable single scene on this film borrowed for an episode of South Park, and I had a vague idea of the film's premise, so I thought I might as well try it. Basically Joel Goodson (Golden Globe nominated Tom Cruise) has the (suburban Chicago) house to himself, because his parents (Nicholas Pryor and Janet Carroll) are going on vacation, as well as a Porsche. One night his friend Miles (Curtis Armstrong) contacts a call girl named "Jackie", and it turns out it's a transvestite (Jurassic Park III's Bruce A. Young), but he does give Joel a contact number for a female call girl, Lana (Rebecca De Mornay). After spending one night with Joel, she asks for $300, she agrees to wait for him to get it, but when he gets back, she's gone, along with his mother's expensive expensive Steuben glass egg. Joel does find her again, and she agrees to give the egg back, as long as she can stay with him, and get away from pimp Guido (Joe Pantoliano). Originally Joel rejected the idea of inviting many of his friends over the house to pay for sex with Lana and many of her fellow call girls, but when his Porsche rolls into Lake Michigan, and getting a short suspension from school, he and Lana arrange a large party, the house becomes a brothel for a night. At that night, he forgot a Princeton interviewer, Rutherford (Richard Masur) was coming over to evaluate him, and quite a few interruptions occur. The evening was a success, but Joel wakes up to find everything in his house (furniture, ornaments, appliances) are gone, and he has to buy it all back from Guido before his parents get home. In the end, the only trouble Joel got into was with his mother and that glass egg (it has a crack), and he was accepted into Princeton, and Lana wants to keep seeing him. Also starring Bronson Pinchot as Barry, Shera Danese as Vicki and Raphael Sbarge as Glenn. This is a good comedy film, with some unusual scenes, and of course, the most memorable scene is when celebrates having the house to himself when he dances to Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock and Roll" (the scene South Park borrowed), which was number 100 on 100 Years, 100 Songs. It was number 51 on The 100 Greatest Sexy Moments for Joel's first night with Lana. Very good!
Review of Risky Business
